Sunday, December 12, 2010

goin' on around here. we are in the process of moving {finally}... at first i was opposed to the idea of moving right before christmas, but when it became an option, the thought of having christmas in a new home with happy, happy kiddos, made my heart happy and i new we had to do it. poor shawn is soooo busy painting the bedrooms, but they look super good! i've been packing, unpacking, packing, unpacking... the carpet comes in tuesday and then we can move the furniture in. so as for christmas decorating, well...there isn't any YET! although, i did get this stinkin' cute gift from a dear friend that i LOVE.

and we had our quilt class christmas party friday night. we each made a smallish quilt for the person who's name we drew. i scored a fabulous gift that i will share with you as soon as i find the memory card to my camera :) and the gift i made was the christmas presents quilt {showed in the previous post}. it's one of cheri's designs, of course! i had fun making my person her gift. i LOVE my person!

the food was delicous as usual and i would love to share a spectacular corn dip recipe with you if the other person that i LOVE wouldn't mind letting me...

and in this case, i'm making do...last year at this time, my living room looked like this

and this.

and this is how it looks now.the walls are bare (with a couple exceptions), the couch and chairs are getting a makeover, and we are making do with our {camping} chairs...the decorations are (for the most part) all packed up and moved to our {new} house.we are officially moving and my poor house is not boasting it's typical holiday cheer.

the picture above is taken from, the very talented, sheryl johnson's sewing room...check out the tour on my side bar

julie isa

willing hands

Why Tattered & Willing?

because i love old tattered quilts and primitive things. they have character, they have a story, & they have been loved. willing, because we should always be willing to lend a hand to anyone who needs it. service brings joy and teaches children love and compassion. to be willing is everything and if your tattered it's because your being useful.